Humidity based behavior adaptation

Abstract

An example device may include an image forming device, comprising a humidity indicator, a scanner to optically scan the humidity indicator, a processor, and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to instruct the scanner to initiate an optical scan of the humidity indicator, determine a humidity level based on the optical scan of the humidity indicator, and instruct the image forming device to adapt a behavior characteristic of the image forming device responsive of the humidity level.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An image forming device, comprising:
 a humidity indicator;   a scanner to optically scan the humidity indicator;   a processor; and   a non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
 instruct the scanner to initiate an optical scan of the humidity indicator; 
 determine a humidity level based on the scan of the humidity indicator; and 
 instruct the image forming device to adapt a behavior characteristic of the image forming device responsive of the humidity level. 
   
     
     
         2 . The image forming device of  claim 1 , wherein the humidity indicator detects and displays the humidity level responsive to chemically reacting to moisture in an environment. 
     
     
         3 . The image forming device of  claim 1 , wherein the humidity indicator includes a minimum of two humidity levels. 
     
     
         4 . The image forming device of  claim 1 , wherein the humidity indicator is located under a scan bezel of the scanner. 
     
     
         5 . The image forming device of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is to instruct the scanner to initiate the optical scan of the humidity indicator prior to performing a print operation of the image forming device. 
     
     
         6 . The image forming device of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is to instruct the scanner to initiate the optical scan of the humidity indicator during a wake-up mode of the image forming device. 
     
     
         7 . The image forming device of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is to determine the humidity level based on a color interpolation of the humidity indicator. 
     
     
         8 . The image forming device of  claim 1 , further comprising a temperature indicator to detect and display a temperature level. 
     
     
         9 . The image forming device of  claim 8 , wherein the scanner is to scan the temperature indicator during the optical scan of the humidity indicator. 
     
     
         10 . The image forming device of  claim 9 , wherein the processor is to:
 determine a temperature based on the optical scan of the temperature indicator; and   instruct the image forming device to adapt the behavior characteristic of the image forming device responsive of the humidity level and the temperature.   
     
     
         11 . The image forming device of  claim 1 , wherein the behavior characteristic is one of a print media pick speed, a print media feed speed, a frequency of printhead servicing, a print media ejection characteristic, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         12 . The image forming device of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is to:
 compare a first optical scan of the humidity indicator to a second optical scan of the humidity indicator; and   responsive to a change in the humidity level, instruct the image forming device to adapt the behavior characteristic of the image forming device.   
     
     
         13 . A method, comprising:
 scanning, optically by a scanner of an image forming device, a humidity indicator chemically reactive to moisture in an environment;   determining a humidity level based on a scan of a chemical reaction of the humidity indicator;   selecting, responsive to the humidity level, a setting for a behavior characteristic of the image forming device; and   performing a print operation of the image forming device utilizing the setting for the behavior characteristic.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the behavior characteristic is one of a print media pick speed, a print media feed speed, a frequency of printhead servicing, a print media ejection characteristic, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising:
 rescanning, optically by the scanner of the image forming device, the humidity indicator;   determining the humidity level based on the rescan of the chemical reaction of the humidity indicator;   comparing the humidity level based on the scan of the humidity indicator to the humidity level based on the rescan of the humidity indicator;   adapting, responsive to a difference in a comparison between the humidity level based on the scan of the humidity indicator and the humidity level based on the rescan of the humidity indicator exceeding a threshold amount, the setting for the behavior characteristic of the image forming device; and   performing the print operation of the image forming device utilizing the adapted setting for the behavior characteristic.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising:
 scanning, optically by the scanner of the image forming device, a temperature indicator;   determining a temperature based on the scan of the temperature indicator;   selecting the setting for the behavior characteristic based on the humidity level in combination with the temperature; and   performing, utilizing the setting for the behavior characteristic determined based on the humidity level and temperature combination, the print operation of the image forming device.   
     
     
         17 . A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to:
 instruct a scanner to initiate a first scan of a humidity indicator chemically reactive to moisture in an environment, the first scan being an optical scan of the humidity indicator;   determine a first color interpolation of the humidity indicator based on the first scan;   determine a first humidity level based on the first color interpolation of the humidity indicator;   select, based on the first humidity level, a plurality of settings corresponding to a plurality of behavior characteristics of an image forming device; and   instruct the image forming device to perform a print operation of the image forming device utilizing the plurality of settings for the corresponding plurality of behavior characteristics.   
     
     
         18 . The medium of  claim 17 , including instructions to cause the processor to instruct the scanner to initiate the first scan of the humidity indicator during a wake-up mode of the image forming device. 
     
     
         19 . The medium of  claim 17 , including instructions to cause the processor to:
 instruct the scanner to initiate a second scan of the humidity indicator and determine a second color interpolation of the humidity indicator based on the second scan, the second scan being an optical scan of the humidity indicator;   determine a second humidity level based on the second color interpolation of the humidity indicator;   compare the first humidity level to the second humidity level;   adapt, responsive to a difference between the first humidity level and the second humidity level exceeding a threshold amount, a setting of the plurality of settings corresponding to a behavior characteristic of the plurality of behavior characteristics of the image forming device; and   instruct the image forming device to perform the print operation of the image forming device utilizing the adapted setting for the behavior characteristic.   
     
     
         20 . The medium of  claim 19 , including instructions to cause the processor to instruct the scanner to initiate the second scan of the humidity indicator prior to performing the print operation of the image forming device.